PMID- 35945754 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220811 LR - 20230103 IS - 1536-5964 (Electronic) IS - 0025-7974 (Print) IS - 0025-7974 (Linking) VI - 101 IP - 31 DP - 2022 Aug 5 TI - The analysis of tumor-infiltrating immune cell and ceRNA networks in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PG - e29555 LID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000029555 [doi] LID - e29555 AB - BACKGROUND: Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is one of the most common forms of head and neck cancers. However, few studies have focused on the correlation between competing endogenous RNA (ceRNAs) and immune cells in LSCC. METHODS: RNAseq expression of LSCC and adjacent tissues were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas to establish a ceRNA network. The key gene in ceRNA was screened by the cox regression analysis to establish a prognostic risk assessment model. The CIBERSORT algorithm was then used to screen important tumor-infiltrating cells related to LSCC. Finally, co-expression analysis was applied to explore the relationship between key genes in the ceRNA network and tumor-infiltrating cells. The external datasets were used to validate critical biomarkers. RESULTS: We constructed a prognostic risk assessment model of key genes in the ceRNA network. As it turned out, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed significant differences in overall survival rates between high-risk and low-risk groups (P < .001). The survival rate of the high-risk group was drastically lower than that of the low-risk group, and the AUC of 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years were all above 0.7. In addition, some immune infiltrating cells were also found to be related to LSCC. In the co-expression analysis, there is a negative correlation between plasma cells and TUBB3 (r = -0.33, P = .0013). External dataset validation also supports this result. CONCLUSION: In this study, we found that some key genes (SLC35C1, CLDN23, HOXB7, STC2, TMEM158, TNFRSF4, TUBB3) and immune cells (plasma cells) may correspond to the prognosis of LSCC. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. FAU - Li, Dan AU - Li D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4876-7879 AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei ProvinceChina. FAU - Dong, Kaifeng AU - Dong K AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei ProvinceChina. FAU - Su, Jing AU - Su J AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei ProvinceChina. FAU - Xue, Haitao AU - Xue H AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei ProvinceChina. FAU - Tian, Junhai AU - Tian J AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei ProvinceChina. FAU - Wu, Yongfeng AU - Wu Y AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei ProvinceChina. FAU - Wang, Jingtian AU - Wang J AD - Otorhinolaryngology Surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei ProvinceChina. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Medicine (Baltimore) JT - Medicine JID - 2985248R RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (HOXB7 protein, human) RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Long Noncoding) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (TMEM158 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) SB - IM MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics MH - *Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Gene Regulatory Networks MH - *Head and Neck Neoplasms/genetics MH - Homeodomain Proteins/genetics MH - Humans MH - *Laryngeal Neoplasms/pathology MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics MH - Prognosis MH - *RNA, Long Noncoding/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/genetics MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics PMC - PMC9351901 COIS- The authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2022/08/11 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/12 06:00 PMCR- 2022/08/05 CRDT- 2022/08/10 01:01 PHST- 2022/08/10 01:01 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00005792-202208050-00048 [pii] AID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000029555 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Aug 5;101(31):e29555. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029555.